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Providence Hospital

In research, Providence Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,633 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,616 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,594 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,872
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,467
of 8,685
Research works
1.4k
▼ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Providence Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #4,633 of 17,978 8.0%1,023
Health SciencesDomain #5,616 of 20,462 8.3%1,091
SurgerySubfield #2,594 of 4,227 9.1%271
Life SciencesDomain #10,093 of 14,347 7.1%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Providence Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian T. Jackson, Christian Machado and Lucien E. Morris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence Hospital.

  1. 1 Ian T. Jackson United States · #9,118 worldwide 466 citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Christian Machado United States · #482,027 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Lucien E. Morris United States · #660,971 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Michael J. Jacobs United States · #712,661 worldwide 65 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Vijay K. Mittal United States · #820,311 worldwide 38 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Howard R. Terebelo United States · #854,423 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Jasneet Singh Bhullar United States · #1,033,644 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Alexia Estabrook United States · #1,238,413 worldwide 0 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Providence Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Providence Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Complications, Management, Treatment, Revision Surgery and Total Hip Replacement.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 5.0×34 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 7.3×11 topics
  3. Complications3▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Surgical Management3▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  6. Management2▲ 6.3×9 topics
  7. Immunotherapy2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  8. Revision Surgery2▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  11. Echocardiography2▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Arthroplasty2▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  17. Growth Hormone1▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Prognosis1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Biomechanics1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  22. Outcomes1▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Primary Care1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Review1▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Total Knee Replacement1▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Cushing's Syndrome1▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Molecular Profiling1▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Pituitary Adenomas1▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Prevention1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Rehabilitation1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment1▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Medical Education1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  33. Myasthenia Gravis1▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Thymic Tumors1▲ 110×1 topic
  35. neurological history1▲ 240×1 topic
  36. neuroscience pioneers1▲ 240×1 topic

Which research topics does Providence Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma and Neurology and Historical Studies.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorder…1Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Th…1Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksNeurology and Historical…1Neurology and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional worksPneumothorax, Barotrauma…1Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…1Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Neurology and Historical Studies Neurology 1 works
  5. 5 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Providence Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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